Caladium

Caladium bicolor

Caladium is a tender, tuberose-rooted perennial growing 8 inches
to 3 feet tall. It produces excellent elephant-ear-like foliage
in a variety of colors. Some varieties produce glossy, strap-like
leaves. Caladium does best in the shade with the strap-like forms
growing well in partial to full sun. Dig the tubers in the fall
and store them in slightly damp peat or sawdust in an area no colder
than 60 degrees.